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Articles tagged with: Cell Phone
Wireless Service Customer Satisfaction in the USA Declining
After two quarters of declining customer satisfaction, as measured by the ACSI the trend turned positive this quarter, but only because gains in the utilities and health care sectors, released in April, more than offset a drop for the information sector. For the first quarter of 2011, the Index rises 0.4% to 75.6 on the ACSI's 0-100 scale. more
New Malawi Mobile Network Plans $270 Million Investment
Malawi's newest, and fourth mobile network, Celcom has outlined plans to invest US$270 million in deploying their new network infrastructure, and will specifically target the rural markets. more
Contract Manufacturers Face Stagnant Growth in Mobile Handsets Due to Rise of Smart Phones
The impact of the recession combined with rising sales of smart phones will deal a setback to contract manufacturers in the global cell phone market, limiting the companies to less than a 30 percent share of the wireless handset market during the next four years, new IHS iSuppli research indicates. more
Preventing HIV with social media and mobile phones
With more than 7 000 people newly infected with HIV everyday and 1 000 of these new infections occurring in South Africa, Stellenbosch University just outside Cape Town, was the ideal setting of a high level panel discussion on how social media and mobile technology has been and can be leveraged to prevent new HIV infections. more
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Majority of Americans Want Multi-Mode Cell Phones
Nearly three-quarters of Americans would support legislation that would force mobile phones to be compatible with all wireless standards, according to a survey commissioned by the Consumers Union. more
Related Tags: consumers-union, USA
One in Four Hispanics Who Access the Internet Do So Via Their Mobile Phone
The Internet is how many Americans get their news and weather, or interact with friends and loved ones -- and Hispanics are no different. While using a home computer is the most common method of accessing the Internet among Hispanics, it seems that the cell phone is rapidly gaining popularity. According to latest research from Mintel, a quarter (25%) of online Hispanics who often or occasionally access the Internet through a cell phone use it as their primary device for connecting to the Internet. more
Kazakhs to jam cell connection in prisons
Kazakhstan's Committee for the Criminal-correctional System proposed jamming cell phone connections in the prisons, Liter newspaper reported April 22. more
Related Tags: prison, Kazakhstan
California Drops Law to Criminalise Smuggling Phones into Prison
A proposal to make it illegal to smuggle a cell phone into California's prisons, or be caught with one inside the prison has been dropped - as it would be too expensive to implement. more
Related Tags: prison, charles-manson, smuggling, USA
Nearly 10% of Californian Drivers Use a Mobile Phone While Driving
In the first-ever observational survey of cell phone use by drivers within a state, California drivers are talking and texting at a combined rate of at least nine percent, representing hundreds of thousands of drivers at any given time. The statewide survey, conducted during March, was commissioned by the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS). more
Related Tags: california, car-ban, texting, USA
Japanese Earthquake Hits Supply of Cell Phone Image Sensors
Last month's earthquake in Japan is impacting the production of complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors at two facilities in the country, affecting the supply of these parts to the cell phone market, IHS iSuppli research has determined. more
Related Tags: cmos, nikon, ihs
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